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About Me

Drawing from Eastern art and philosophy the band creates a soundworld of elegant simplicity. Core members John Lima and Peter Scartabello formed anechoic in 2000 and embarked on their search for new textures and modes of sound creation. The process of writing stems primarily from their improvisations, in which they often use extended techniques, rather than drawing from the conventional resource pool. The band was formed out of their aversion to current trends in "popular" music and is used as a place of spiritual nourishment in the growing wasteland of modern music. Their ambitious timbral explorations often bring them to a place of deep philosophical insight in which they are forced to reinvent themselves both musically and personally. The music that is created is pared down in a way that is in direct opposition to what they have created individually in the past. In this way the act of creation can only come through a painfull dismantling of past notions of artistic developement and creation. Everything must be unlearned and you must in a sense uncondition yourself. The techniques should be there, but not conciously called upon.
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Member Since: 8/13/2005
Band Website: yuggothrecords.com
Band Members: John Lima - Stringed Instr.
Peter Scartabello - Drums
David McNally - Keyboards
Marlie WÃ¤nseth - Stringed Instr., various
Sarah Ladd - Bb Clarinet (guest artist)
Christine Harrington - Cello (guest artist)

Influences: D.T. Suzuki, Wu Man, Gagaku, Nogaku, Toru Takemitsu, Steve Tibbetts, Giancinto Scelsi, Morton Feldman, Iannis Xenakis, Ben Monder, Nels Cline, Ali Akbar Khan, Kate Bush, Prefab Sprout, Prince, Alfred Schnitke(String Quartet No.2), Andy Goldsworthy, Jane Hirshfield, Rainer Maria Rilke, Fernando Pessoa, Hideaki Anno(Neon Genesis Evangelion), Anthony Burgess, Andrei Tarkovsky, Ingmar Bergman, Masaki Kobayashi(Kwaidan), Henry Cowell, Alan Moore, Dr. Pierre Ordinaire, Henriod sisters of Couvet, Major Dubied, Ted Breaux, Toodie Fuddims, Jeanne Fahey(Spindleshanks), Magma, Carl Jung, Rowan Atkinson, Philippe Starck, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Thich Nhat Hanh, Eckhart Tolle, Koji Hara, William McHenry, Rene Lalique, Alphonse Mucha, Toulouse Lautrec, Victor Horta, Faberge, This Mortal Coil, Cocteau Twins, Elizabeth Fraser, Freur, The Cure, The Smiths, Morrissey, Mick Karn, Efterklang, Sigur Ros, Gentle Giant, Genesis '69-76, Peter Gabriel, Andrew Lloyd Webber(JCS), James Blood Ulmer (Montreaux '83), Debussy, Erik Satie, Scriabin, Ravel, Yes, Opeth, Slint, Anouar Brahem, Durutti Column, Sequentia, Hildegard Von Bingen, John Dowland, Hesperion XX, the classical and traditional music of Northern India/Vietnam/Japan/Europe, medieval chant, David Hykes & Tuvan throat singing, The Mighty Boosh, Terry Moore: Strangers In Paradise, wood, metal, stone, water, etc...
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Record Label: yuggoth records/ all compositions Â©2007 YR
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Torch Is Passed

Being part of many musical projects can be exhausting. John has asked that I continue what he has started here, as he has now fully embraced our newest music endeavor: 'Sonia Greene.' This has made me...
Posted by anechoic on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:51:00 PST

I leave this blog to Peter...

Thank you all who took the time to stop by and read the Anechoic blog. Although Sonia Greene is still a collaborative effort, I feel more aligned with that space for my communications and so I leave ...
Posted by anechoic on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:05:00 PST

...find yourself...

Someday, somewhere anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life. & nbs...
Posted by anechoic on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 05:10:00 PST

Man has no right...

Man has no right to kill his brother, it is no excuse that he does so in uniform. He only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder. -Percy Bysshe Shelley...
Posted by anechoic on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:41:00 PST

pointless aggression

Today's culture places such a premium on winning, and so little value on how we conduct the fight for personal success and dignity, that aggression against one another-destructive, pointless aggressio...
Posted by anechoic on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:11:00 PST

my education

I can prove at any time that my education tried to make another person out of me than the one I became. It is for the harm, therefore, that my educators could have done me in accordance with their int...
Posted by anechoic on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:19:00 PST

Life & Art

I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art. - Carrie Fisher
Posted by anechoic on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:36:00 PST

Anechoic + REVIEWS!

http://www.thesoundprojector.com/2007/04/04/perpetual-motion /http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which= 2334
Posted by anechoic on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:54:00 PST

the habit

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. -Albert Camus
Posted by anechoic on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:50:00 PST

Inspiration for a friend "stepping through a door"...

Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes and I am left the same. The more things change the more I am the same. I am what I started with, and when it is all over I will be all th...
Posted by anechoic on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:14:00 PST